Coupling-operating mechanism



A. .l. BAZELEY.

COUPLING OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-18. i919. RENEWED SEPT. 16, 1921.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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Inventor I Attorney JET/7UP fiflZELEY A. J. BAZELEY.

,COUPLING OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1919. RENEWED SEPT. 16. 1921.

1395,25 Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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j Inventor \flRfi/UR JBAZELEY,

B Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ARTHUR J. BAZELEY, or CLEVELAND, onto, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLE- ABLE CASTIN GS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,

OHIO, A' CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Application filed September 18, 1919, Serial No. 324,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. BAZELEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Coupling-Operating Mechanism, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a. plan of one end of a car showing my improved coupler operating mechanism applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the parts in locked position; Fig. 3 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2, but with the parts in lock-set position; Fig. 4 is a detail of the clip; Figs. 5 and 6 are front and side elevations of a modification of my invention; Figs. 7 and 8 are details showing a modified form of clip; and Figs. 9 and 10 are elevations of a further modification of my invention showing the parts in locked and lock set position, respectively.

My invention relates to coupler operating mechanism and provides a mechanism which permits longitudinal and-radial movements of the coupler without interfering with the operation of the mechanism, and to this end comprises an uncoupling rod attached to the car and a link secured to the coupler lock 0 lift which are operatively engaged and which are also capable of relative movements. My invention also consists in the construction and arrangement of parts which I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, lever is made of a single rod having a downwardly extending arm or handle 2 at its outer end, an intermediate portion 3 extending transversely of the car, a forwardly extending portion l, the outer end of which is bent downwardly and terminates in an the uncoupling angled portion 5. Attached to the angled,

portion 5 is a clip 6 which has a sleeve 7 fitting over the end of the rod and laterally extending lugs 8 which straddle the downwardly' bent portion of the rod and are held in position by means of a cotter or bolt 8', so that the clip cannot slip off the rod or twist relatively to it. In the body of the clip 6 is formed an eye 9 through which a link 10 passes. The connecting rod or link 10 hooks into the eye of the lock lift and at its other end has an angled portion 12 to prevent accidental disengagement from the eye 9 of the clip 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921. Renewed September 16, 1921.

In applying the mechanism to the car the In operating the mechanism rotation of the handle 2 raises the inner end of the rod and with it the clip 6 which clamps upon the link 10, raising it and with it the lock lift 11. The engagement between the eye 9 of the clip 6 and the link 10 is such that, as is shown in Fig. 3, after the lock hasbeen raised to lock-set the handle is free to fall back into its original vertical position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modification of my invention in which the rightangled portion of the rod is in the plane of the forward extension 4, and the body of the clip 14 is arranged in a plane at an angle to the angled portion of the rod.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a modified form of clip in which the end of the rod extends through the sleeve of the clip and the clip is held upon it by a cotter 16 which The clip is then slipped onto the Serial No. 501,184.

passes through the rod. VThe lugs 16 are ward direction, so that the rod will lift up-' wardly upon the lock lift. In this case the lifting link 18 is provided with a hooked upper end by which it is raised, the clipsbeing of the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and I have no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding any mechanical equivalents for the features shown and described, but recognize that various modifications may be made within the scope of the invention claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In coupler operating mechanism, a rod extending transversely of the car and having at its inner end a forWard extension terminating in an angled portion, a clip secured upon such angled portion, a link secured to a coupler lock lift, said link having ZlIl'BXllGllSlOll engaging the clip in an apertured portion thereof, said link upon actuation by the uncoupling rod being adapted to raise the lock lift and being free during radial and longitudinal movements of the coupler to move relatively to said uncoupling rod. 7 V v 2. In coupler operating mechanism, a rod extending transversely of the car having at its inner end a forward extension and terminating in an angled portion, a link secured to acoupler lock lift and a clip rigidly mounted on said angled portion and having apertures therethrough arranged at an angle to each other for theends of the rod-and link, and means for securing the clip in fixed relation to one of said parts and in movable relation to the other of said parts.

3. In coupler operating mechanism, arod extending transversely of the car having at its inner end a forward extension and terminating in an angled portion, a link secured to a coupler lock lift, a clip having a sleeve for engaging the end of the rod and lugs taking about the portion of the rod arranged at an angle to said end portion, a pinfor securing the clip on the rod, said clip providing also an operating bearing for the link.

4. In coupler operating mechanism, a rod extending transversely of the car and having at its inner end a forward extension terminating in an angled portion, a clip rigidly secured on the inner end of the rod by its engagement With said angled portion, a second rod attached to a coupler lock lift, saidsecond rod also engaging said clip in an aperture thereof and being operated by said clip to raise the lock lift, but being unrestrained by said clip from movement relative thereto during the longitudinal and radial movements of the coupler.

5. A clip for flexibly connecting the parts of an uncoupling mechanism comprising a sleeve portion to receive the end of a rod, an eye portion, and lugs for engaging a part of the rod at an angle to the part received by the sleeve portion.

ARTHUR J. BAZELEY. 

